{"id":19532,"date":"2020-12-22T13:20:07","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T04:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/?p=19532"},"modified":"2023-02-16T17:36:11","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T08:36:11","slug":"gateways-korea-connecting-korea-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/features\/engineering-construction\/2020-12-gateways-korea-connecting-korea-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Gateways to Korea: Connecting Korea and the world"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"19532\" class=\"elementor elementor-19532\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-72b0ac1d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"72b0ac1d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7342640b\" data-id=\"7342640b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09a163d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"09a163d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A nation\u2019s main airport and the infrastructure that connects it to the capital city act as a kind of welcoming gateway to new visitors. The first places a new arrival usually sees upon entering a country are the inside of its airport and the road or rail link to the nearest urban center.<\/p><p>In this way, Incheon International Airport, Yeongjong Bridge, and Incheon Bridge all form the gateway to Korea and Seoul. But this is not the only reason for their significance: the construction process of each of them involved engineering feats, and the visual result is their aesthetic beauty. As testimony to that, we share this video for you to enjoy.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab3e958 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"ab3e958\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=lrOrNa0e4iY&amp;embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.samsungcnt.com%2Fen%2F&amp;source_ve_path=MjM4NTE&amp;feature=emb_title&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c81f0dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c81f0dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Incheon International Airport \u2013 happy landings<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-775d8bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"775d8bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In early 2001, ahead of the 2002 World Cup football competition co-hosted by Korea and Japan, Incheon International Airport opened its doors and runways. Sitting on a part of Yeongjong Island that was reclaimed from the sea just off Korea\u2019s west coast, it took over most air traffic from Gimpo International Airport, Korea\u2019s major passenger hub for about 30 years. At that time, Samsung C&amp;T Engineering and Construction (E&amp;C) Group built Terminal 1 of Incheon International Airport.<\/p><p>A second terminal opened in early 2018, just before the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. Even now, the airport is still growing: construction on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.airport.kr\/ai_cnt\/en\/business\/summary.do\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Phase 4<\/a>\u00a0to expand Terminal 2 and add another runway is set to be completed in 2024.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58b47b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"58b47b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/gateway-of-korea-image-1-1.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzU5OTgsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9uZXdzLnNhbXN1bmdjbnQuY29tXC91cGxvYWRcLzIuMFwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzNcLzIwMjBcLzEyXC9nYXRld2F5LW9mLWtvcmVhLWltYWdlLTEtMS5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"493\" src=\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/gateway-of-korea-image-1-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-35998\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/gateway-of-korea-image-1-1.jpg 940w, https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/gateway-of-korea-image-1-1-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92cafe3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"92cafe3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The design for Incheon International Airport was by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fentressarchitects.com\/projects\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Curtis Fentress<\/a>, an award-winning architect whose other works include three other international airports in the United States, four museums, and a football stadium. Fentress likes his projects to reflect the regional, cultural, and historical characteristics of their locations, so he adopted the curves of the eaves of a traditional Korean tiled roof to the shape of the airport and used aluminum and glass to recreate the grid pattern of wooden framed windows in a Korean traditional house.<\/p><p>To realize his idea, Samsung C&amp;T employed a new construction method that enables the assembly of huge structures in advance and the fastening of metal panels using an open-joint method after delivering them to the site. This technique helped pave the way for the building of Dongdaemun Design Plaza.<\/p><p>Opened after all these efforts, Incheon International Airport won the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.airport.kr\/co_cnt\/en\/cyberpr\/awards\/yea017\/yea017.do\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Airport Service Quality award<\/a>\u00a0for Best Airport in Asia-Pacific for 12 consecutive years from 2005 to 2016, as chosen by Airports Council International.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a48fd5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6a48fd5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/gateway-of-korea-image-2-1.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzU5OTksInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9uZXdzLnNhbXN1bmdjbnQuY29tXC91cGxvYWRcLzIuMFwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzNcLzIwMjBcLzEyXC9nYXRld2F5LW9mLWtvcmVhLWltYWdlLTItMS5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"215\" src=\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/gateway-of-korea-image-2-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-35999\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/gateway-of-korea-image-2-1.jpg 940w, https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/gateway-of-korea-image-2-1-300x84.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b780322 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b780322\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Self-anchored: Yeongjong Bridge<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-025f2fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"025f2fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>After landing at Incheon International Airport, if you\u2019re going to Seoul by road or rail, you will most likely cross Yeongjong Bridge. Samsung C&amp;T E&amp;C Group took 5 years to build it.\u00a0In order to build a bridge tall enough for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/key-bridges-enable-millions-of-air-passengers-to-navigate-korean-skies\/\">10,000-ton ships to sail safely underneath<\/a>\u00a0and stable enough to withstand strong sea winds,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/like-bridge-salty-water\/\">some unusual feats of design and engineering were applied<\/a>. The result is this \u201c3-dimensional self-anchored suspension bridge,\u201d and Samsung C&amp;T E&amp;C was the world\u2019s first builder of its type.<\/p><p>More than just a crossing point for cars and trains heading to Seoul, Yeongjong Bridge is also an aesthetically pleasing monument. It\u2019s a good place to watch the sun go down over the West Sea and its cable and girders were designed to remind viewers of the gentle slopes and contours of the Korean traditional Hanok roof.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed95e37 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ed95e37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/gateway-of-korea-image-3-1.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzYwMDAsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9uZXdzLnNhbXN1bmdjbnQuY29tXC91cGxvYWRcLzIuMFwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzNcLzIwMjBcLzEyXC9nYXRld2F5LW9mLWtvcmVhLWltYWdlLTMtMS5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"255\" src=\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/gateway-of-korea-image-3-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-36000\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/gateway-of-korea-image-3-1.jpg 940w, https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/gateway-of-korea-image-3-1-300x100.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8acc7ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8acc7ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Korea\u2019s longest: Incheon Bridge<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd534e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fd534e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you\u2019re traveling to Songdo City, or any of Korea south of Seoul, you\u2019ll probably spend at least a quarter of an hour on Korea\u2019s longest bridge, Incheon Bridge. Samsung C&amp;T E&amp;C Group completed its construction in only 52 months. Once again, various challenges had to be met in its building: most importantly, the bridge crossed the main southern route into and out of Incheon port, so Samsung C&amp;T E&amp;C made the deck sufficiently high and the main span wide enough for ships to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/key-bridges-enable-millions-of-air-passengers-to-navigate-korean-skies\/\">freely pass through<\/a>.<\/p><p>After opening in 2009, this cable-stayed bridge over the sea received the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.incheonbridge.com\/eng\/company\/award\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2010 Tanaka Award<\/a>\u00a0for Excellence in Bridge Design and Construction from the Japanese Society of Civil Engineers, and in 2011 it was chosen as a finalist in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.asce.org\/oceakit\/?all_recipients=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award Competition<\/a>\u00a0by the American Society of Civil Engineers.<\/p><p>Like its counterpart on Yeongjong Island, Incheon Bridge invites the viewer\u2019s gaze. Its striking bends, curves and towering height of 230.5m can be enjoyed from many different angles.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32a6d9b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"32a6d9b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/gateway-of-korea-image-4-1.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzYwMDEsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9uZXdzLnNhbXN1bmdjbnQuY29tXC91cGxvYWRcLzIuMFwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzNcLzIwMjBcLzEyXC9nYXRld2F5LW9mLWtvcmVhLWltYWdlLTQtMS5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/gateway-of-korea-image-4-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-36001\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/gateway-of-korea-image-4-1.jpg 940w, https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/gateway-of-korea-image-4-1-300x84.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2987d2d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2987d2d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\">Viewed together, Incheon International Airport, Incheon Bridge and Yeongjong Bridge act as a gateway welcoming people to Korea. Samsung C&amp;T E&amp;C Group participated in all three projects. Today, the company continues to bring together technology, engineering and aesthetics in new public infrastructure projects both inside and outside Korea.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A nation\u2019s main airport and the infrastructure that connects it to the capital city act as a kind of welcoming gateway to new visitors. The first places a new arrival usually sees upon entering a country are the inside of its airport and the road or rail link to the nearest urban center. 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